ISC BIND 9.10.0 Recursive Nameserver DoS
medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 8247
Synopsis
The remote DNS server may be affected by a remote denial of service vulnerability.Description
The version of ISC BIND detected on this server is affected by a programming error in the prefetch feature, which can be leveraged by an attacker to crash the affected application with a 'REQUIRE' assertion failure in the 'name.c' file. This issue namely affects recursive nameservers, of which NNM detected relevant traffic from this server.Solution
BIND 9.10.0-P1 was released by the vendor to fix this vulnerability. Apply the vendor update, or update to a later version.See Also
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01162/81/BIND-9.10.0-P1-Release-Notes.html
http://www.zerodaylab.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-2014/CVE-2014-3214.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 8247
Family: DNS Servers
Published: 5/10/2014
Updated: 3/6/2019
Nessus ID: 73945
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 4.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Temporal Score: 5.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:X/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patch Publication Date: 5/9/2014
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/9/2014
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-3214
BID: 67311